Medical breakthroughs come from the darnedest places – like the highly toxic venom of the very deadly and frankly terrifying ...

Although Funnel-web spiders live in North and South America, it's the Aussie version that's scariest. There are two types in the land down under: the Northern funnel-web and the Sydney funnel-web.

Here are three spiders, each of which can be considered “extreme,” based on their deadliness, size or weight. 1. The Sydney Funnel-Web Spider, Quite Possibly The Deadliest Spider In The World ...

It’s one of the world’s deadliest spiders, but now researchers expect the funnel-web could save “thousands of lives” after uncovering the untapped power of its venom. In a world-first ...

World-first Australian research is using funnel-web spider venom to protect the heart during heart attacks. The University of Queensland researchers have been granted $17m of federal government ...

Australian researchers have created a drug using a molecule from the venom of funnel-web spiders. Picture: Supplied The researchers discovered a peptide which protects the heart during a heart ...

Funnel-webs have the Hi1a peptide as protection from predators, but in humans, the peptide stops heart and brain cells from dying. In this research the spider peptide is synthesised in a lab.